The tweeter claims she was engaged to the stepson, (her name isn't hard to find, once you locate her blog) but aside from that discrepancy, it would be very interesting to know more about the background to this tale of money being offered etc.

Wintabells wrote:sorry - please ignore my post above (got completely the wrong end of the stick). I now realise the tweet is referring to Tia Sharpe's 'grandad', sorry.

This is what is causing the confusion, I think.

@alia_kel_aderon I do too. He was accused of taking Madeleine McCann.

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Details Expand Collapse Reply RetweetedRetweet Delete FavoritedFavorite 13h Jennie D ‏@alia_kel_aderon @MonocledCat You know that guy do you? I thought it was horrible when people automatically presumed his guilt once he was questioned.

Details Expand Collapse Reply RetweetedRetweet Delete FavoritedFavorite 13h Jennie D ‏@alia_kel_aderon @MonocledCat I can't believe what him and his family must have gone through.

Details Expand Collapse Reply RetweetedRetweet Delete FavoritedFavorite 13h Stephie ‏@MonocledCat @alia_kel_aderon It affected them hugely, still does in some ways. My fiance was offered £170,000 to say that his stepdad is a paedophile.

Details Expand Collapse Reply RetweetedRetweet Delete FavoritedFavorite 13h Stephie ‏@MonocledCat @alia_kel_aderon Yep. Classy of the News Of The World. They offered even more to my fiance's mum for the same reason.

...from what I can make out, the tweeter's ex fiancee was offered a bribe by a journo to say his stepdad was a pedophile and took Madeleine McCann or something along those lines anyway. Stepdad's wife had naked photos of herself printed in the NOTW. Not sure how this relates to RM though (does he even have a stepson?).

_________________________________________________________________________________________________"You can run on for a long time, Run on for a long time, Run on for a long time, Sooner or later God'll cut you down." (Johnny Cash)

I don't disbelieve the story, but the fact that the tweeter wants to refer to it on Twitter feels attention seeking to me. She's outraged about the press destroying people's lives by disclosing details about them without their consent (photos etc) so what's she doing blabbering about it all herself on Twitter?